Embrace what makes up you. Some stereotypes are true - I love chicken, but that's a stereotype, I love f**king basketball, but that's a stereotype, too. But who cares? Embrace it. Be who you are, and don't be ashamed of what that is.

I don't listen to nothing while I'm in the studio, because I don't want to be influenced by anybody else.

I won't do anything for money. I won't compromise my manhood.

When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.

My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me.

It's always been jewelry, clothes, appearance. Those are things that compete with the car. But the car is the ultimate. Get that car right and it doesn't matter what you got on or what you wear once you step out of that car.

I like Obama, but I understand that his hands are tied, the way Congress is reacting. It's just partisan politics everywhere, and don't know how we going to get things done in the future without compromising a little bit.